23Money paid or received under applied law

23 Money paid or received under applied law

(1) The Commonwealth is liable to pay to a State amounts equal to amounts received by the Commonwealth (including amounts received by a State on behalf of the Commonwealth) under an applied law of the State. (3) Amounts payable by the Commonwealth under subsection (1) are to be reduced by amounts paid by the Commonwealth under any applied law of the State concerned. For this purpose, amounts paid by the Commonwealth does not include amounts paid by way of tax. (4) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purpose of: (a) payments under this section; and (b) payments by the Commonwealth under an applied law. (5) Despite subsection 105(2) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, an amount received under an applied law is not other CRF money for the purposes of that Act.